Monday, March 16, 2009

awkward worship....again

While leading worship at church yesterday, I made a sound like this,"KAACK!"This was right after I directed everyone that the next line we were going to sing as we headed into the bridge was, "I'll never know how much it cost to see my sin up on that cross."They started singing, "I'll never know..."And somehow I inhaled some air and sucked spit down my windpipe and allthat came out of my mouth was "KAACK!"And then cough! Cough! COUGH!My sister, Jenny, who was singing harmony was shocked into silence for a moment.Then I felt her hand on my back....a steadying force as I fought for air. And then as she frantically picked up the melody line I soldiered on withtrying to breathe and sang the rest of the song in a sort of whispery Jewel-like voice since I probably ruptured a few vocal chords with that sound.You know, it always sounds funny when I write about it but somehow it never feelsfunny at the moment.Especially since that hairball moment came directly on the heels of a song glitch when the guitarist started playing one song while I started singing another.It was further complicated by the fact that I don't actually know how highcertain keys are so when I picked out my songs for Sunday they were all inthe key of "Not humanly possible...only dogs enjoy songs this high."I know my heart was in the right place in my efforts but I'm not entirelysure that God was blessed by my worship leading....but I think maybe he got in a good chuckle yesterday.And maybe that is enough.

hahahahahaOHHHH, this is so painful.I have had all too many moments like this and feel the pain of this in the EXTREME. It does help to laugh, but the embarrassment still lingers.Church blunders are WAY better than wedding blunders though...because then at least you can act like you were having a spiritual moment. If that's any consolation...

You singing on a bad day is so much better than me singing on my best day!!! I have memories of you and your sisters singing a tune or two during our time together, I was always so jealous! So a little "Kaack" now & then aint no big deal!!

You know what? I cannot sing. At all. Unless you cound round after round of "The Wheels on the Bus" all day long with the baby. But my voice is HORRIBLE. Even preschoolers have laughed at me.Still, I attempt to sing at church, and, while I'm out on walks I sometimes sing praises to God.And one time on a walk I told God,"I'm sorry my singing is so bad."You know what God spoke to me in my heart?"When you sing to ME, your voice is ALWAYS beautiful."Just somethin' to think about. ;)

You know, the Bible does say "... make a joyful noise unto the Lord..." I'd say you've got that covered. It's nice to know that you are human, even in the realm of singing. Are all of your siblings musically talented?

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